~Leo~
I waited for Alexei to arrive so we could attend the meeting together. The fact that the alphas did not complain about the sudden meeting meant they knew something was wrong.
It was odd of me to suddenly call a meeting impromptu.
Knowing that Alpha Gordon would be there made me want to cringe. I knew I would have to arrest him right away for arson. So I instructed Max and Kyle to accompany me too. They might no longer own packs, but they were eastern Alphas.
Alexei did not arrive until seven in the evening.
Erik had listened to my father and gone to seek him. Hill Valley wasn't far from Hayland, so the trip was quick and easy. Timothy looked worried when I received them at the door of the pack house. He felt something was wrong.
"Leo, Leo," He said, walking towards me, and I saw Alexei shake his head with boredom.
"Leo, you can't trust this man; he is mad," Timothy said, pointing at Erik, and I looked at Erik, who was laughing at Timothy. Seeing Timothy now, I knew it was true when they said he reported everything to me.
"What did you do?" I asked Erik, and he shrugged.
"He told me age is an interesting topic, and he would like to run research on me. He tried to take samples off me," Timothy complained, and I looked at Alexei, who confirmed what he said.
I could not scold Erik for it, so I just told him to apologise to Timothy for giving him a scare.
"I wouldn't have done that if he wasn't going on about my appearance. It gets to me, you know," Erik said, and I could understand his angle, but I wouldn't blame Timothy; the guy looked weird. Especially with the two eye colour that I was now uncomfortable asking him about after hearing questions about his looks got to him. I guess that would remain an unanswered question.
Alexei walked up to me, and we extended handshakes.
"The whole gang, right?" he asked, and I nodded.
"Did the alphas make a fuss?" he asked, and I shook my head.
"I guess they knew," I said, and he nodded.
"What will we do about Gordon?" he asked, having the same concern as me.
"Arrest him quietly tonight. He just won't show up in Hayland. By the time they figure it out, we would have put everything in place in the north the day after tomorrow. Kyle and Max will secure Hayland tomorrow just to be safe. It might create a slight issue, but there is no other way. If I speak to the alphas tonight, he will convey our meeting to Yuri, and we can't have that," I said, and Alexei nodded. We walked into the pack house.
"Have you secured Alia?" I asked him, and he nodded.
"The pack members have moved to the bunkers. Max didn't have many pack members left, to begin with. The men above ground were the people I brought with me," He said, and I knew that part already.
"By the way, Clay told me how you cheated," I said, and he smiled and rubbed the back of his neck where the device was embedded.
"Stealing is a crime, you know. I bet the mad scientist does not know you have it," I said, and he shook his head, smiling.
"Anyway, it served its purpose," I said, and he agreed.
"I must confess that I was shocked to see Erik in Hill Valley. Who would have thought he would end up being our ally? After listening to him, I realised he was misunderstood. Andrew exaggerated things, claimed he wanted to have Amelia reproduce with his son and so on. The man just wanted a blood sample from Amelia and the rest of us. He has taken mine, by the way, and I am sure he will ask Clay and Amelia for theirs," Alexei said, laughing.
"He took mine too," I told Alexei, and he frowned at me. I knew why he would frown because there was nothing spectacular about me as a person.
"Well, according to him, I am the first Alpha with Stepanov genes," I said, and he gasped.
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